Theater and Movies

Details: Written by Dwight Brown film critic; Published: 25 July 2023

Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in Barbie

Do blondes have more fun? She does. He doesn’t.

Details: Written by Dwight Brown film critic; Published: 19 July 2023

Sarah Nurse in Black Ice

Hard to imagine that in the late 1800s men of African descent played hockey in Canada. That’s a major surprise considering the demographics of today’s National Hockey League. But there’s a backstory, an evolution and lots of it is quite sobering.

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 12 July 2023

(Photo/ Paramount via Youtube)

The film stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as the reggae icon, focusing on Marley’s humble beginnings in Jamaica to his rise as an international superstar.

Portland Center Stage

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 08 June 2023

(Photo by Shawnte Sims)

Play opens June 9 and runs through July 2. BIPOC affinity night, a.k.a. The People’s Party, will be held on Friday, June 30.

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 26 May 2023

(Photo/ Warner Bros./Variety)

Last February, Oprah Winfrey announced the revival of “The Color Purple,” a 1985 film produced by Steven Spielberg starring Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Laurence Fishburne based on Alice Walker’s 1982 book of the same name.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 02 May 2023

(Warner Bros., Warner Bros., Focus Features, Focus Features, Warner Bros., Marvel Studios, LucasFilms, Disney, Paramount, Universal, A24, Universal, A24, 20th Century Studios and A24 via AP)

There is something for everyone at the movies this summer, both in theaters and streaming at home.

Details: Written by Aurora Hernandez; Published: 21 April 2023

Little Richard in Little Richard I Am Everything

Before Elvis, David Bowie, Prince, Harry Styles and Lil Nas X there was Little Richard. The bright, shiny North star of rock and roll.

Details: Written by Dwight Brown film critic; Published: 11 April 2023

Everett Osborne in Sweetwater

This b-ball, biofilm dribbles but can’t shoot. The direction, acting, script and tech team are all in play, but nothing scores.

Details: Written by JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer; Published: 10 April 2023

This image released by A24 shows Michelle Williams in a scene from "Showing Up." (Allyson Riggs/A24 via AP)

In Reichardt’s latest film, Michelle Williams plays a Portland, Oregon, ceramics artist of little renown but quiet devotion, trying to prepare a gallery show among distractions

Details: Written by JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer; Published: 05 April 2023

(Paramount Pictures via AP)

Opportunities were notably greater for women and people of color on streaming platforms than in theatrically released films.

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